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What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...
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...ogged in with both, and it just doesn't work. Also, all of my playlists disappeared. And the few i can't access at home, pops the "something occured" message. If I play a song from anywhere in the a...
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...olume up/down works, but Play, Pause, and Skip does not work anymore. Logging out of Spotify and loggin in again solves this isue partily. One of the action above will work, but only for one t...
Azazel2205
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...appens on both the podcast's "sort" button and the episode's play button (as highlighted in the attached photos). The "sort" function on a podcast's page doesn't work
Sarahrados
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceOnePlus 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 11 When I don't use Spotify for some time, I can only play a song if I open the app. Even if the app is still opened in the task manager. Also I disabled all battery optimization...
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Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device OnePlus 8 Pro Operating System Android 11 When I don't use Spotify for some time, I can only play a song if I open the app. Even if the app i...
ReeCube
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PlanPremiumSpotify version8.5.32.889DeviceHTC U11Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSince some months I have the following issue:My phone is connected with my Kenwood DPX-7100DAB car radio and use Spotify to play music. The music title and...
Newbie
...enwood DPX-7100DAB car radio and use Spotify to play music. The music title and artists will also be displayed on the car radio. But the play/pause/skip buttons on the radio are not working anymore. S...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 plusOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI know this topic has been discussed ad nauseum, however I'm still having issues. Seems like I've narrowed it down, at least on my device. The lock scr...
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Plan Free/Premium Country Device Samsung Galaxy S10 plus Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue I know this topic has been discussed ad nauseum, however I'm still hav...
Warrior75
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PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsSamsung S8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Spotify automaticly stops playing while listening on my Phone.
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Samsung S8 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Spotify automaticly stops playing while listening on my Phone.
Smatchimo55
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475 Views
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Premium, UK, Samsung S8, Oreo My Question or Issue: When I am sent music through Facebook messenger I am only able to play a short 30 second clip. If I press play on Spotify i...
ziekrage
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PlanPremiumCountry UkDeviceSamsung galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI hate shuffle and always want to play songs in order they are presented on album... how can I do that? The default seems to be shuffle.
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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung galaxy 8 Operating System Android My Question or Issue I hate shuffle and always want to play songs in order they are presented on album....
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Hi,Anybosy knows if there is a way for selecting 2 o playlists and reproduce the songs of both playlists? Please don't tell me that I need to create a new one with merge. Thanks.
Casual Listener
Hi, Anybosy knows if there is a way for selecting 2 o playlists and reproduce the songs of both playlists? Please don't tell me that I need to create a new one with merge. Thanks.
sebasdiazt
Casual Listener
606 Views
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Hi there,I'm trying to start the play button with an intent with tasker.The "NEXT" intent works fine but the "PLAY" intent doesn't work at all.Action: com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.PLAYPackage: com.spotify.musicTarget: broadcast receiverAndroi...
Casual Listener
Hi there, I'm trying to start the play button with an intent with tasker. The "NEXT" intent works fine but the "PLAY" intent doesn't work at all. Action: com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget...
MyNameIsJuren
Casual Listener
43375 Views
8 replies
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Good afternoon, guys. I have a problem in my Spotify's Android app. Before anything, I want you to know that I'm peruvian and I get the error message in Spanish, but I'm translating it so you can help me sooner. The problem is that when I try to play...
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...an help me sooner. The problem is that when I try to play any music video of the new playlist "Viva Latino" I get this message: "Playback failed". I have already uninstalled and installed the app but i...
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Hey everybody,I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, instead the "right key" menu pops up as you can see in th...
Newbie
Hey everybody, I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, i...
Joe
Community Legend
693 Views
1 replies
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I have premium, and it doesn't matter if I'm offline or with wi fi, the song keeps playing but there's no sound. And I have to forward the song so I can hear it. I already downloaded the app two times.No one else has my user and I have this problem o...
Newbie
I have premium, and it doesn't matter if I'm offline or with wi fi, the song keeps playing but there's no sound. And I have to forward the song so I can hear it. I already downloaded the app two t...
Daniel
Community Legend
637 Views
2 replies
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In my version playlists only can be played in 'shuffle'. May I play it in the order I've created it?
Regular
In my version playlists only can be played in 'shuffle'. May I play it in the order I've created it?
Tingapio1
Regular
3819 Views
11 replies
1 likes
Hello! I've been using the Spotify app on Android for a couple of months now and I've never experienced any problems with it, but since I've upgraded to a new ROM [Lollipop 5.1.1](xda link), I can't select music I want to play. The only way to really...
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...ink), I can't select music I want to play. The only way to really to do this is to add songs in the queue, but that is FAR from optimal. I was wondering if there is any way to fix this and/or if a...
user-removed
Not applicable
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I just got my Galaxy S5 and I noticed that when I'm playing music on Spotify and I lock my phone, I can't pause or skip from the lock screen. Is there a setting that I can change to fix it or is the feature not availble on this phone?
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I just got my Galaxy S5 and I noticed that when I'm playing music on Spotify and I lock my phone, I can't pause or skip from the lock screen. Is there a setting that I can change to fix it or is t...
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Hi, I am experiencing an issue which I think only is occuring since the last update from Play Store. Scenario: I am playing a song on my device (LG Optimus 4X HD on Android 4.0.3) that has been synced offline. Then I pause the song / unplug my head p...
Regular
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